Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice President Selçuk Özdağ reacted to 100 intellectuals-journalists, lecturers and artists- who supported Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
“He who supports Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will be put on trial,” said Özdağ.
Özdağ made a written statement yesterday:
“People who are alienated from their country, state and nation in Turkey are so-called intellectuals.
“Intellectuals who supported HDP forget they also support PKK under the name of intellectuality.
“Don’t they know HDP supports PKK?”
“Don’t these intellectuals know that HDP supports autonomy and Kurdistan? Don’t they know HDP supports PKK and HDP is a political extension of PKK?
“They shouldn’t forget something… PKK is responsible for all the bloodshed not the Presidential Palace. He who blames the Palace for the terrorism just talks nonsense.
PKK, Group of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK) and their youth branches, HDP and its supporters from the media, art and politic world are responsible for the terrorism.
"Our soldiers lose their legs and arms during the bombing attacks but HDP still doesn’t say to PKK to lay down arms, they just talk about negotiations.
“He who supports PKK will be put on trial someday no matter he is from the media or the parliament.
“People who support PKK are responsible for the killed policemen, soldiers, teachers, doctors, officers and civilians in eastern and southeastern Turkey.
Signatories:
Signatories who signed the text titled “The Palace will be Overthrown, People will Win!” are these:
Abdullah Aydın, Adil Yalçın, Ahmet Yıldız, Akan Çelik, Ali Çerkezoğlu, Ali Ergin Demirhan, Ali Mert, Ali Özyurt, Ali Yiğit, Alper Dizdar, Arzu Çerkezoğlu, Aslı Erdoğan, Ayhan Erdoğan, Aynur Ermiş, Ayşegül Tözeren, Baki Düzgün, Barbaros Tantan, Barış Atay, Can Soyer, Cihan Uzunçarşılı Baysal, Cihan Ziya Tuğal, Coşkun Canıvar, Deniz Dülgeroğlu, Deniz Kıyafet, Dilek Tunalı, Doğan Halis, E. Ahmet Tonak, Emine Girgin, Emre Gürcanlı, Eriş Bilaloğlu, Erkin Özalp, Ertan Yılmaz,Esra Sert, Faruk Eren, Ferda Koç, Fergül Yücel, Funda Başaran, Gazi Çağlar, Gül Köksal, Gülendam Şan, Gülsüm-Sami Elvan, Gürsel Kaya,Hakan Mıhçı, Halis Koç, Haluk Yurtsever, Hamide Yiğit, Hande Arpat, Hasan Demir, Hayri Erdoğan, Hüseyin Demirdizen, Hüseyin Kargın, İbrahim Eke, İbrahim Kara, İbrahim Ulutaş, İlhan Akalın, İlhan Yiğit, İlkay Akkaya, İmre Azem, İnönü Alpat, Işıtan Gündüz, İsmet Akça, Kasım Akbaş, Kemal Aytaç, Mahir Ulutaş, Mehmet Ali Levent, Mehmet Ümit Erdem, Merih Cemal Taymaz, Metin Bakkalcı, Metin Çulhaoğlu, Metin Özuğurlu, Mücella Yapıcı, Murat Kocaman, Mustafa Görkem Doğan, Mustafa Peköz, Mustafa Sönmez, Neriman Usta, Nihal Kemaloğlu, Nuray Yılmaz, Nurdan Çaypınarlı, Osman Köse, Özgür Urfa, Özlem Yılmaz,Pınar Hocaoğulları, Savaş Al, Sayat Tekir, Sema Solaklı, Şebnem Oğuz, Serdar Aslan, Şinasi Dursun, Tahsin İşbilen, Taner Gören, Tayfun Budak,Tuncay Çelen, Yaşar Ayaşlı, Yıldız İlhan, Yusuf Doğan Çetinkaya, Zafer Ayden, Zeynep Çelik, Ziynet Özçelik, Zuhal Çetin Özkan. (EKN/BD)
* Photo Creditf: Ferdi Uzun / AA
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